Steam & Excursion > D&RGW NG restoration in Ogden UT question

There is a small group in Ogden UT, restoring a D&RGW Narrow Gauge steam engine. I stopped by two plus years ago and they had just finished up the rebuild of the tender, is there any news on the locomotive status it self.

I will add a little bit more info.

Owner: Denver & Rio Grande Western
Model: Alco 2-8-0 Built As: D&RG 223 (2-8-0)
Serial Number: 1436 Order No:
Frame Number: Built: 0/1882
Notes: Class C-16 built by Grant
Other locos with this serial: DRGW 223(2-8-0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%26RGW_223



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/22/15 17:52 by czuleget.

The cab and most of the appliances are done. It continues slowly.

And even at this rate, it is faster than the Union Pacific now days.

I dunno about that. Its a private restoration and I dont know if they plan on getting to operational. They pay for everything as they go.. If they restore it to operational they have to get a new boiler and the axles is bent and possibly the frame. Story is it move while on display and some genius bent the axle and frame to keep it from moving. They have been working on it for 20+ years already..

#223 is a C-16. Last I heard they wanted it operational.

Here is my friend Jimmy Booth's live steam model of #223. Last time I posted this, someone thought the real one had been completed. ;)

Would be a neat thing to have a C-16 in operation. #268 and #278 are stuffed and mounted.

Mike Massee
Tehachapi, CA
Photography, Railroading and more..

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Wonder where they'll run it. I dont know of any narrow gauge tracks around Ogden..

See also:

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,1948686,1949112#1949112

Gerry

Jimmy is a master craftsman in any scale!

That might be but Jimmy's a whole lot more valuable than that, he's a "man with a plan",
his latest to be released shortly comes as a result of swooping in and saving the O scale
SP GS gon after the untimely death of John Parker. Jimmy's O scale (Glacier Park Models)
efforts rival those of that Bill guy's Sn3 "stuff".

Out

Pretty sure that this is the only Grant locomotive in existence......